BW General Discussion - Page 423

On June 05 2022 19:14 GTR wrote:
that is from 2006 (16 years ago), people age...

On June 05 2022 20:35 bioboyAT wrote:
blackmanpl is not the blackman from back in the days. blackmanpl aka Julia is just a random dude with anger/mental issues. Quick taste about what people think about him:
https://tl.net/blogs/568588-maphacking-streamcheating-accusations

On September 09 2013 22:08 N.geNuity wrote:
what's the jist of this article sonic posted on facebook:
http://sports.news.naver.com/sports/index.nhn?fs-18-unlimited-money-category=sports_esports&ctg=news&mod=read&office_id=347&article_id=0000045163&redirect=true

title just says like star1 daebak.

On June 12 2022 00:17 Bisu-Fan wrote:
I've been watching the star university season religiously, and oh my goodness it's so fun. Unfortunately, it's not as friendly or approachable for non-English speakers. But the storylines, the games (even the low skill ones), and the extra content coming out of the colleges have been so much fun to watch. And it's been so good for the SC scene at least in Korea because it is constantly bringing in new streamers to pick up the game.

You can see the rosters here. A lot of the teams are structured where they'll have a ceo/leader and then a co-lead. Usually the lead and co lead are former pros or sponsors for the team (like Best & JD's college Basford is led by a tier 7 zerg). Then the roster usually has like ~6 mentors/profs who are former pros. Then there are the players who are ranked by different tiers. + Show Spoiler + You can see the rosters here

In each game, the players play against others of matching tiers from the other college. As you go lower in tier, it's funny because like the games can be "unloseable" for a pro and still they'll find ways to lose it. You get crazy builds and fun units because guardians are hard to handle when they outrange your static d and because mutalisks are hard to use a lower levels.

These people are super dedicated too. In prep for the playoff games, the college members and coaches like went blackout mode where no one was streaming or earning any money just to practice (some said like up to 50 games a day). That's why you see the crazy emotions when they win unlike maybe ASTL which was a bit more lighthearted. Also why when Bisu won his game in the playoffs (really good game btw), he went home, turned on stream, and got 170K balloons which I think is like 15K USD. I just worry and hope they don't burn out because not everyone is fit to play and practice like a former pro.

And then the storylines are fun and sad at the same time. Obviously there's an element of it being for show. + Show Spoiler + Then there's the like full on rebuilding colleges that more or less disband when they lose. Sometimes some players get a bit of hate for losing a ton and the netizens call for the dropping of some people, which isn't the funnest part of the scene.

That's why my favorite college to follow is Calm Sung Women's University which is Calm and Actions (name Kim Sung Dae) university. They are only 2 coaches and their roster is like half the size of other colleges. All Zerg because no other coaches and all female players (the joke is that they all simp for Calm). They explicitly are like "our college is going to win by the power of friendship; no toxicity allowed." Even after they lost in the round of 8, they just hang out and play a ton of games together (PubG, Kart Rider, SC UMS games), so it's a lot of fun and positive vibes

On June 12 2022 00:17 Bisu-Fan wrote:
Also why when Bisu won his game in the playoffs (really good game btw), he went home, turned on stream, and got 170K balloons which I think is like 15K USD.

On June 12 2022 00:17 Bisu-Fan wrote:

These people are super dedicated too. In prep for the playoff games, the college members and coaches like went blackout mode where no one was streaming or earning any money just to practice (some said like up to 50 games a day). That's why you see the crazy emotions when they win unlike maybe ASTL which was a bit more lighthearted. Also why when Bisu won his game in the playoffs (really good game btw), he went home, turned on stream, and got 170K balloons which I think is like 15K USD. I just worry and hope they don't burn out because not everyone is fit to play and practice like a former pro.

On June 12 2022 20:44 Lorch wrote:
I highly agree with Bisu-Fan. The university scene is the best thing to have happened to brood war since Afreeca started ASL after sonic's shoe scandal.
Hell maybe even since the end of the proleague era. This is the best shot Brood War has had at raising a new generation of players. Not only do you have lower tier players being tought by pros, it is also happening on stream for anyone at home to watch and learn as well. Sure a lot of the players are girls, but heck just imagine if all the twitch girls that stream half naked from a plastic pool and write sub names on their arms would instead learn brood war and take their incel audience along for the ride. It is truly amazing. And yes some of the games are low tier, but imo that just adds to the entertainment value. You can follow a low tier players stream and watch them become better and better as they are being trained in their university.

It would be amazing if tasteless and artosis could cover it, just to bring more attention to the university scene for non-koreans. But given that they couldn't get ASTL, my hopes aren't super high for that.

On June 19 2022 23:37 plasmidghost wrote:
Hey y'all, also wanted to post here that I'm going to upload every MSL match I can to YouTube and link them on Liquipedia, including survivor tournaments. It'll probably take several weeks as I go through everything, but I wanted to get the collection updated so that the community can reminisce on MSL and so the growing Brood War audience can have a way to see incredible matches in one place